It’s April Fools day on the 1st of the month so I wanted to talk about “horseplay” at work.
What is Horseplay?
Rough, boisterous and excessive play or pranks that occur at the workplace. Horseplay can be activities such as joking that includes physical contact, playing around, racing, grabbing, foolish vehicle operation and social pressure to participate in unsafe acts.
Employers cannot rule out the possibility that horseplay at work will result in harm being caused and that they can be held liable for the actions of their employees in such circumstances.
It’s important to strike a balance and not to discourage banter that can have a positive impact. Implement a policy, which clearly sets out what is deemed to be acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
New Legislation
Just another quick reminder about all the employment legislation changes coming into force this month:
- Carer’s Act
- Paternity Leave changes
- Flexible Working changes
- New statutory rates
- Minimum wage increase
It’s alcohol awareness month in April.
- Did you know that between 3-5% of absence is caused by alcohol?
- Did you know that 25% of us have turned up to work hungover ?
- Did you know that 15% of us have turned up to work drunk?
Give me a call to get your Alcohol and Drug policy in place.